MEMORIAL DA AMÉRICA LATINA
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An impressive cultural complex featuring 6 curvilinear buildings distributed around 2 squares linked by a footbridge
An impressive cultural complex designed by Oscar Niemeyer, offering temporary and permanent exhibitions and other cultural and scientific events. Inaugurated in 1989, its mission is to bring Brazil closer to the other countries of Latin America. The Latin American Institute was initially created with 10,000 bibliographic works.
Niemeyer imagined six curvilinear buildings, distributed around two squares linked by a footbridge. The Salon de Atos, the library, the Marta Traba Gallery (with two exhibition halls), the Pavilion of Creativity (which houses a collection of 4,000 works of Brazilian and Latin American popular art), the Simon Bolivar auditorium and a study centre.
The memorial features a 7-metre high statue, The Hand(Mão), by Niemeyer, which is the main symbol of the monument. The map of the continent is painted in red, as a reminder of the blood shed in the oppression and suffering of Latin American history.
The complex was designed to fit into the landscape and to be frequented by Paulistas on a daily basis. The Praça do Sol (or Praça civica) was designed to host cultural events for 40,000 people, while the Praça da Sombra has 160 palm trees. Many free concerts have been held here, including those by Mercedes Sosa, Caetano Veloso and Tom Jobim. Since 2006, the Memorial has hosted the São Paulo Latin American Film Festival.
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